Posts by NOLS

Tolerance for adversity and uncertainty (or resilience) is a major element of the leadership model NOLS teaches and it has broad applicability, especially now.

Sometimes being a good leader means admitting you don’t know the answer, a lesson Carolyn Highland learned on her outdoor educator course in the Absarokas.

See why a former camp counselor thinks all camp staff should have wilderness medicine trainings!

Now’s the time to apply lessons learned outdoors, like practicing LNT, having a positive attitude, and managing risk responsibly, to the frontcountry.

On an Alaska backpacking and sea kayaking course, NOLS grad Caroline Dooley realized that hiking like a girl is something to celebrate. Here’s why.

Take this Wilderness First Aid quiz to test your knowledge about basic WFA skills.

The NOLS Tanzania Scientific Expedition is a unique opportunity to design and implement a scientific research study—and summit Mount Kilimanjaro!

Katie Raymond relives the unforgettable day when she paddled for 13 hours in stormy weather on her Yukon Backpacking and Whitewater Canoeing expedition.

I had no idea I was going to work toward this masterpiece of a race, where I’d blend skills I’d spent years working on for 1,000 miles in the winter with a sled. But now I look back and I see it all come together, and NOLS was the conduit, the peephole.

In many ways, an all-women’s course is just another NOLS course. But it’s also something more.

Mistakes aren’t fun. But they might be just what teens need to succeed! NOLS courses offer an opportunity to make mistakes productively and learn key leadership skills.

NOLS grad Kimberly Blazzard unexpectedly put her wilderness medicine skills into practice on a solo trip on the Appalachian Trail.

NOLS semester grad Andy Hill received one of the Boone Area Chamber of Commerce’s 2019 4 Under 40 awards in the nonprofit business professional category.

After taking a NOLS Semester in New Zealand as part of her gap year, Claire Tiedemann headed off to Oberlin College, where she was recently recognized for her outstanding 2019 performance on the track and field team.

Retired Rear Admiral Gretchen Herbert, a NOLS grad and Advisory Council member, was recognized for her commitment to STEM advocacy and community service in Transylvania County, North Carolina, in April 2019.

National Geographic recognizes NOLS grad and WEMT Jim Reynolds for his unprecedented free solo climb up and down Patagonia’s Cerro Fitz Roy in March 2019.

NOLS Wilderness Medicine Curriculum Director and Senior Instructor Tod Schimelpfenig shares first aid tips with Popular Science magazine.

Adaptive Biotechnologies CEO and NOLS grad Chad Robins says his leadership style is based on the lessons he learned during his Spring Semester in the Rockies.

NOLS graduate and former instructor Jimmy Chin and his wife and co-director E. Chai Vasarhelyi won an Oscar for Free Solo, their film chronicling Alex Honnold’s unprecedented climb of El Capitan without ropes or safety equipment.

NOLS is celebrating the fact that local, grassroots conservation efforts can make a big difference in preserving the crown jewels of the United States’ public lands.

The RV rental company Outdoorsy recommends NOLS Wilderness Medicine training as one of their top five picks for using paid time off.

Environmental journalist Sara Sneath reflects on the life-changing three months she spent in the Rockies on a NOLS outdoor educator semester in fall 2019.